exfoliate
verb (used with object)
to throw off in scales, splinters, etc.
exfoliates
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present tense formof exfoliate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“If you don’t like ‘Crazy,’ there’s something wrong with you,” Lenae says as a pedicurist exfoliates her feet in a West Hollywood hotel room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
The spa’s most popular body treatment is the Honey Glow Body Wrap, which exfoliates your entire body in a warm wrap of honey.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
Each color is a different formula — blue exfoliates, pink soothes irritation, gold hydrates and green deep cleans — so you can, say, treat an oily T zone while moisturizing drier areas.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2020
But overuse of a brush that exfoliates can cause skin to become inflamed and red.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019
Characteristics of the Tree: Height, 80'-100'; diameter 2'-4'; trunk often forked; bark, light gray, shallow fissures, rather smooth, rarely exfoliates; leaves, 8"-12" long, compound 7 leaflets, sharply serrate; fruit, a thick-shelled nut, bitter kernel.
From Wood and Forest by William Noyes
